Software Engineering Intern Review
by American Express
Rating
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Skills
4.5
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
5.0
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Your Impressions
5.0
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at American Express
- 7. Would you recommend American Express to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to American Express
Overview
I worked on a live code-base. My work included understanding the repos that I would contribute to, and implement certain functionalities as discussed within the sprint. I also attended Senior Leadership meetings, and had to opportunity to have coffee chats with my team and also those outside of my team. I primarily coded using React.
Skills
React
Responsibilities
Yes. Our particular project was a proof of concept task to prove how useful ML could be to software used within Amex. We were given a real deadline for when this work had to be presented to the leadership team. Despite this, however, we were given a lot of support to ensure we would get the work done on time, and it never felt overwhelming or unachievable.
Support & Guidance
A lot of support was provided, with someone always available to have a sit down with and help sort out any problems. You never end up feeling stuck for too long.
Culture
A very collaborative culture. Despite everyone working in their respective team, I never felt completely siloed from others and had many opportunities to talk to people from any part of AMEX. It is also quite relaxed and people work with a good attitude.
Your Impressions
It was a very enjoyable internship. I felt I learned a lot and was consistently supported whilst also being given the opportunity to take on tasks outside of my comfort zone and learn independently. Working with other interns has also been great - I've interned in places where you are the only intern; this is definitely an improvement. Thanks to my team at AMEX for making this such a positive experience!
Yes
Having coding experience is very useful, but I did not have any web dev experience before joining so do not let this discourage you from applying. I would encourage people to go through the Intrapreneurs Club's 3 week Amex Immersion Program as this can fast-track you to the internship if you are successful.
Details
Internship (1 Month+)
Software Engineering
South East
August 2023
